LCM for 50 and 480
What's the Least Common Multiple (LCM) of 50 and 480?
Answer
(Two thousand, four hundred)
Finding LCM for 50 and 480 using GCF of these numbers
The first method to find LCM for numbers 50 and 480 is to find Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of these numbers. Here's the formula:
LCM = (Number1 × Number2) ÷ GCF
GCF of numbers 50 and 480 is 10, so
LCM = (50 × 480) ÷ 10
LCM = 24000 ÷ 10
LCM = 2400
Finding LCM for 50 and 480 by Listing Multiples
The second method to find LCM for numbers 50 and 480 is to list out the common multiples for both numbers and pick the first one that matches:
Multiples of 50: 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350, 400, 450, 500, 550, 600, 650, 700, 750, 800, 850, 900, 950, 1000, 1050, 1100, 1150, 1200, 1250, 1300, 1350, 1400, 1450, 1500, 1550, 1600, 1650, 1700, 1750, 1800, 1850, 1900, 1950, 2000, 2050, 2100, 2150, 2200, 2250, 2300, 2350, 2400, 2450, 2500
Multiples of 480: 480, 960, 1440, 1920, 2400, 2880, 3360
So the LCM for 50 and 480 is 2400
Finding LCM for 50 and 480 by Prime Factorization
Another method to find LCM for numbers 50 and 480 is to list all Prime Factors for both numbers and multiply the highest exponent prime factors:
All Prime Factors of 50: 2, 5, 5 (exponent form: 21, 52)
All Prime Factors of 480: 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 5 (exponent form: 25, 31, 51)
25 × 52 × 31 = 2400
See Also
- Greatest Common Factor - Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of two numbers
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Least Common Multiple (LCM) also known as the Lowest Common Multiple or Smallest Common Multiple of 2 numbers - it is the smallest positive integer that is divisible by both numbers